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Title: [Resolved] Upgrade path from 17.1 to current ?
Post by: Singman on May 28, 2020, 09:52:09 PM
Hi,

Is there a faster way to upgrade from 17.1 to current 20.1.7 instead of upgrading to all steps between  (except of course, to reinstall everything) ?

Thanks.
Title: Re: Upgrade path from 17.1 to current ?
Post by: franco on May 29, 2020, 09:17:46 AM
No other way.


Cheers,
Franco
Title: Re: Upgrade path from 17.1 to current ?
Post by: Singman on May 29, 2020, 09:32:34 AM
Thanks.
Title: Re: Upgrade path from 17.1 to current ?
Post by: Singman on May 29, 2020, 09:00:47 PM
Quote from: franco on May 29, 2020, 09:17:46 AM
No other way.
Cheers,
Franco

So, a good idea to make the update(s) less frustrating : put an option to do automatically updates over and over until the current version ! From 17.1 to 20.1.7, it took an afternoon and I have 10 boxes to do :)
Title: Re: [Resolved] Upgrade path from 17.1 to current ?
Post by: hbc on May 29, 2020, 11:33:35 PM
17.1.? Somebody has been lazy with updates the last years ;)

I assume it's faster to backup config, install current version, install plugins and import configuration.
Title: Re: [Resolved] Upgrade path from 17.1 to current ?
Post by: franco on May 30, 2020, 10:46:38 AM
Spend 30 Minutes updating once every 6 months and you can lag behind 2 years in versioning if you want.

We do not want to let people auto-update into a release which implies skipping release notes and associated migration requirements  / quirks. Sometimes even hardware incompatibilities with newer drivers or new OS update.


Cheers,
Franco